The United States had its Great Western Development; East Africa's version ought to be called the Great Southwest Development. America's Western Movement had been a massive enclosure of land stretching inland from the East Coast.
What East Africa was carrying out was a large-scale advance into the southwest. Unlike the Indians, who had already become isolated and weak, there were still quite a few indigenous tribes in the southwest.
The "pocket" region Felix had marked out was estimated to hold more than three million indigenous people. East Africa now needed those three million people to add bricks and tiles to its construction efforts.
Of course, in accordance with East Africa's consistent policy, not a single indigenous child or woman was wanted; only young and able-bodied laborers were needed.
After such screening, only around one million "laborers" remained. Added to East Africa's existing "laborers," the total came to just over two million.
"Laborers" could be used, but "laborers" also had standards. Indigenous children had little productive capacity and wasted rations, so they were not wanted. Women had the capacity to work, but in order to guard East Africa's racial policy with an iron grip, not a single one could be kept.
East African citizens were divided into three categories: pure white, pure yellow, and mixed-race—the mixed-race category naturally meant yellow-white mixed heritage. Although East Africa's gender ratio had steadily improved, men still outnumbered women.
If black indigenous women were allowed to remain, some bachelors might not be able to keep their trousers under control. What would they do if that resulted in black offspring?
Regarding East Africa's gender imbalance, Ernst had always emphasized that they could wait; opportunities would always come. But if they became involved with black people, they would be exiled.
The destination of that exile, however, was not